Things are always changing. Part of being successful here is being comfortable with not knowing what's going to happen.

Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.

I'm excited about the opportunities with mobile phones and being able to receive information on the go and relevant to what I'm doing at that moment in time.

My most radical shift was leaving Intel and joining Google, a small startup at the time, even though I was pregnant.

Many women assume they can't be good mothers and have challenging careers at the same time, so they might give up trying to do both as they get to a crucial point in their career. Although it can be hard at times, it's important for women to recognize the benefits of working outside the home.

I love taking an idea... to a prototype and then to a product that millions of people use.

The main motivations were to try to leverage Google's expertise with large computer systems and to try to give something back to science